New Technical Service Model LO8864

Mary E. Apodaca (mapodaca@carbon.cudenver.edu)
Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:40:17 -0600 (MDT)

Replying to LO8812 --

Ben Compton et al:

Ben wrote about "assumption luncheons." It sounds like a great idea for
getting started thinking about change: What, Why and How. I like the idea
of lots of meetings just talking about one piece of the situation.
Eighteen sounds like a pretty large group, but Ben, you're, probably
dealing with a *large* group, period.

Here's an idea for keeping the concept going. I present it here like *we*
do it, knowing you will adapt anything that appeals:

At the Coalition of Essential Schools Trek workshop, (they want you to say
where the idea came from) we put up a large wall chart with three columns:
*P*riorities, *A*ssumptions, and *C*ompromises.

This intellelctual tool's called the "Logical Lens." We are showing the
participants how to use this intellectual tool with their own school
communities.

The assumptions are about teaching and learning.

One way to start is with any column. Someone comes up with an idea that is
followed across the chart. Of course, some people's priorities are
different from other people's. In fact, some people's priorities are
others' compromises, and so on. All that should get up there on the chart.

The PAC/Logical Lens can be used to decide on an action plan. Or to open
up hornets' nests. Or as a pathway to civil discourse.

(Coming up with a set of assumptions first--all by themselves--would be a
great way to play it, IMO. And you've already worked out how these
assumptions bump up against each other. Interesting.)

On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ben Compton wrote:
>
> I am responsible for developing a quality system for Novell's GroupWare
> Technical Services. The first thing I did was start what I have coined an
> "assumption luncheon" where I invite 18 people from the department, to a
> lunch every day where we identify the assumptions we operate on every day.

Mary Apodaca
mapodaca@carbon.cudenver.edu

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